Tom Coburn: “I will repeat today what I said in person and in writing. It authorizes $1.5 billion spending with not one offset and…”

We have something we call 'maintenance of effort' that we use in other programs, educational programs, when there is Federal money, we say to States, 'You have to maintain effort.'

the BBG is "the most worthless organization in the Federal Government."

The important thing is to restore the confidence in the country, in terms of what you are doing, why you are doing it, and how you are doing it.

America does not trust you anymore--that is the truth--because they do not see the actions coming out of Congress that should be coming out.